International Journal of Emerging Markets: Volume 17 Issue 3

Sustainability of Brazilian public debt: a structural break analysis

Eduardo Lima Campos, Rubens Penha Cysne

The objective of this work is to investigate the existence of structural breaks in multicointegration models estimated for Brazilian fiscal variables and to identify their effects…

Do firm-specific risks affect bank performance?

Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Asad Mehmood, Hung Phu Nguyen, Tahar Tayachi

The authors examine the impact of credit, liquidity and operational risks on the financial performance of commercial banks of South Asia.

Endogenous thresholds for the determinants of FDI inflows: evidence from the MENA countries

Fatma Taşdemir

This paper investigates the main drivers of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows for a balanced panel of 11 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economies over the 1995–2017…

CSR disclosures and profit persistence: evidence from India

Dinesh Jaisinghani, Amritjot Kaur Sekhon

The purpose of the present study is to analyze the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures on firms' profitability and its persistence.

Should a family firm communicate their family identity and country of origin? A cross-cultural study from Chile and Spain

Manuel Alonso Dos Santos, Orlando Llanos Contreras, Ferran Calabuig Moreno, Jose Augusto Felicio

This paper investigates the influence of firms' communication in terms of family firm identity and country-of-origin on consumer response.

Do mutual fund managers' possess style liquidity timing abilities?

Mahfooz Alam, Valeed Ahmad Ansari

This paper investigates the style timing and liquidity style timing vis-à-vis the market, size, value and momentum factors of the actively managed Indian equity mutual funds.

Corruption and innovation: the importance of competition

Fatma Nur Karaman Kabadurmus, Kevin Sylwester

The purpose of this study is to examine how corruption affects the prevalence of product and process innovation by firms.

The role of financial development on economic growth in the emerging market countries of the sub-Saharan African (SSA) region

Hamad Omar Bakar, Zunaidah Sulong, Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous Chowdhury

This paper aims to investigate the effect of financial development (FD) on economic growth and growth-enhancing transmission channels for the sub-Saharan African (SSA) region in…

Marketing strategies for highly volatile emerging markets: an empirical study from Pakistani cellular industry

Ammar Javed, Zia Khan

This study aims to highlight important marketing strategies within the context of a highly competitive emerging market with few points of difference because of service…

The determinants of energy intensity in Indonesia

Dmitry Rudenko, Georgii Tanasov

Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, which has a strong effect on primary energy use and depletion of natural resources. This paper considers energy…

Effects of fiscal credibility on sovereign risk: evidence using comprehensive credit rating measures

Gabriel Caldas Montes, Julyara Costa

Since sovereign ratings provided by credit rating agencies (CRAs) are a key determinant of the interest rates a country faces in the international financial market and once…

Assessing the interconnectedness and systemic risk contagion in the Chinese banking network

Ming Qi, Danyang Shi, Shaoyi Feng, Pei Wang, Amuji Bridget Nnenna

In this paper, the authors use the balance sheet data to investigate the interconnectedness and risk contagion effects in China's banking sector. They firstly study the network…